Coordinated
| joint action
| to achieve objectives by units tactical formations
| and major formations of the armed forces various arms of the service elements in the battle deployment
| and various types of weapon relative
| to missions targets axes
| lines or
| areas | times | and methods of execution Cooperation may
| be strategic operational or tactical depending on its scale Strategic cooperation consists of coordinated
| joint action by large force groupings conducting operations in one or
| more theatres or on one or
| more strategic axes in order
| to achieve the aim of
| a strategic operation or
| a | war | as | a whole In wars fought by coalitions there may also
| be strategic cooperation among the armed forces of allied states
| and their
| individual force groupings involved in
| a | joint operation in
| a | continental or maritime theatre of operations Operational cooperation consists of coordinated
| joint operations along one or
| more adjacent operational axes conducted by operational or operational tactical formations from the various armed forces
| and arms of the service including multinational forces in order
| to achieve
| an operational or tactical objective Tactical cooperation is
| a coordinated
| joint action by formations
| and units either among themselves or with adjacent units
| to achieve
| a common goal